Luke 10
1 After this, the Lord appointed seventy others and sent them two by two ahead of him to every city and place where he himself was about to go.
2 He said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. So ask the Lord of the harvest to send workers into his harvest.
3 Go! Look, I am sending you out like lambs among wolves.
4 Do not take a money bag, a travel bag, or sandals; and do not greet anyone along the road.
5 Whenever you enter a house, first say, ‘Peace to this house.’
6 If a person of peace is there, your peace will rest on him; if not, it will return to you.
7 Stay in that house, eating and drinking what they provide, for the worker deserves his wages. Do not move from house to house.
8 Whenever you enter a city and are welcomed, eat what is set before you.
9 Heal the sick who are there, and tell them, ‘The Kingdom of God has come near to you.’
10 But whenever you enter a city and are not welcomed, go out into its streets and say,
11 ‘Even the dust of your city that has stuck to our feet, we wipe off against you. Yet know this: the Kingdom of God has come near.’
12 I tell you, on that day it will be more bearable for Sodom than for that city.”
13 “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that took place among you had taken place in Tyre and Sidon, long ago they would have repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
14 But it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you.
15 And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? You will go down to Hades.
16 Whoever listens to you listens to me, and whoever rejects you rejects me; and whoever rejects me rejects the one who sent me.”
17 The seventy returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name.”
18 He said to them, “I saw Satan fall from heaven like lightning.
19 Look, I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions, and over all the enemy’s power, and nothing will harm you.
20 Still, do not rejoice because the spirits submit to you; rejoice instead because your names are written in heaven.”
21 At that very moment, Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this was what pleased you.
22 Everything has been handed over to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, or who the Father is except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.”
23 Then he turned to the disciples and said privately, “Blessed are the eyes that see what you see.
24 For I tell you that many prophets and kings wanted to see what you see, but did not see it, and to hear what you hear, but did not hear it.”
25 Then an expert in the Law stood up to test Jesus and said, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
26 Jesus said to him, “What is written in the Law? How do you read it?”
27 He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind’; and ‘your neighbor as yourself.’”
28 Jesus said to him, “You have answered correctly. Do this and you will live.”
29 But he, wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
30 Jesus answered, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him, beat him, and went away, leaving him half dead.
31 By chance, a priest was going down that road. When he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
32 In the same way, a Levite came to that place. When he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
33 But a Samaritan who was traveling came up to him, and when he saw him, he felt compassion.
34 He went over to him, bandaged his wounds, pouring oil and wine on them. Then he put him on his own animal, took him to an inn, and cared for him.
35 The next day, he took out two denarii, gave them to the innkeeper, and said, ‘Take care of him, and whatever more you spend, I will repay you when I return.’
36 Which of these three seems to you to have been a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?”
37 He said, “The one who showed him mercy.” Jesus said to him, “Go and do the same yourself.”
38 As they were traveling, Jesus entered a village, and a woman named Martha welcomed him into her home.
39 She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet and listened to his word.
40 Martha, however, was distracted by all the work. She came up and said, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her, then, to help me.”
41 The Lord answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things.
42 But few things are needed—or just one. Mary has chosen the good portion, and it will not be taken away from her.”
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